The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
WHAT SOME PEOPLE EAT
The Tidbits that Appeal to Chiiaren ef Ma
ture in Many rsrts Of the Wsrid.

| The Tidbits that Appeal TO Chiidren Of Ma
ture In Many rsrts Of the wsrid.
ct prefer simple dishes, well cooked" said
my friend as we sat down to dinner. II havo
given the subject great deal Of thought and
have travelled 80 much that have become al
most an anchorite in tho matter OF eating. II
have weakness II Is dietetcs."
There Is this about food In point OF guam
tity, without regard to quality, tho dwellers In
the extreme north claim prominence An Es-
auimaux will cot twenty pounds OF meat per
diem lubricating the mass with as much oil as
ho can swallow; yet Tongouse will go twenty
pounds better, for he can get away with forty
pounds of reindeer meat In the same Gpace Of
time. Both OF them blush for their feeble DOW
ers whom theys SEQ three Yakutes demolish .
whole reindeer at one sitting, and rise appar-
emily mono the worse for the feed.
THE greatest luxury q Greenlander can en-
JOY is half putrid whales tail, with relish OF
the gum Of the proper kind from the same AMI
NAL Our DR.. Kane was much pleased with
walrus liver. He wondered that we didn't eat
raw beef, practice. By the way, not unknown
to many OF our German citizens. who will snap
up o piece from o butchers block whenever
they can honestly do 80. Whale meat must
possess attractive qualities, although could
never discover them, because old whalemen
COmuOuiJ puEtuko VI lie Az u bSupAtANo puint0
II has n very rank flavor. The A. B. seamen in
the whaling ships make It into force-meat balls
to remind them. perhaps. Of the fish balls Of
Maine or New Hampshire.
"Porpoise meat was once favored dish With
the old English nobility. at least 80 runs the
story, which declares the proper sauce to have
been compounded Of sugar vinegar. and bread
crumbs The tsappsr In the far north b Loves Ss
Is. In arctic regions eating is no easy matter:
everything is so hard that good teeth are as
aHires care else lie glass may become part Of
and s chew your brandy; Il AZ = e % served
reveal reveal the secret Of the Esaulmaux's ioye for
ons hs
ss Sns Ds Is Of 9as.e cSa in the mat
ter Of dietetics. One New .Hollander saw dis
pose Of more than hundred vaulting rats at
holding them * theiE tails and biting ihS
SSaSs 9 ns ssSoi the
innossnt children q Nature affect stale shark;
aRs ss w hansa4O6 e
tives highly esteem the silent but wild dingo,
ateny az Is To sass
low. when at meals. devours all he can. only
snd to hs ws sad sehdsn Is
SSTSss re ss PSSssbS tension IN
in the Australian bush, By white fox. is sadly
~ BY
which New Jersey Snes are but ,ss sqSklngs
da ffs
oher and e decdedy betep have
them do 1t. Tho Peruyians are also clay eaters.
rather s soaeS iooa EVEN for osher
Guinea: SONG q the Boliy " the negroes Of
ria. and KanschatEa. The Ottomacs. however.
the eo Sny Snes w1 suosss on clay when
0' I'm Africa / foanS diet as various as the
people. and such trifes as blue mole. mice, ias
runs ssd osrS esa
steWed in butter, caterpIllars roasted SPIDERS
When the natives Of the West Indies , arg
snsies Glide eo% the aope With p pm
worms "a finger long,. fried lin their own far:
yet these coloEed gourmands cannot abide 9
aa nioe S sds disS with q
oceans eggs and pain. tree snout beetles.
been the palate can be Disguised or tickled
sad Ss Shness ans in
fms and maws. fowls and ducks tongues.
ness q aad an
appetizer, the chrysalis Of the silk worm. after
form dish much liked. found It very good.
MASTER sss a II woa ssr
to imagine. Ants enter largely into Oriental
bills Of fare, and in Ceylon the busy bee e mas
tteated by the very men who have prohted BY
In the Antilles. lizard very often is the
tbs yosns
manatee's tail Is STAPLE dish in Honduras.
rhs the not F shd ssH Islands gourmet can en-
t tongue. 1t Is excellent. but II must Be- fresh.
eggs, The best place. however. for everything
relating to turtle next f. Fult9P Market 81 p
are great believers in them as q suoculent
the 81 the s%hsre
they are culttysted sscundsm arten.' and one
aRa i eas
q sss add
"Out In Central America the stately euras-
diligently hunted as table delicscies yet the
frst-named biped must not be eaten by the
hunters dog, for It will assuredly poison It.
Quinta, the peccary. and the Indian rabbit; all
acceptable additions TO- that larder. which Is
Tho last named, however when roasted look
like small babies-yet they taste deliciously.
.".Hippophagy has not made many converts.
They. perhaps, do not practise all they preach.
and only drive horses onto other peoples
their own. In Magdeburg some years ago Q
friend OF mine saw foal OF the value Of 500
put on as the central dish at o marriage feast.
tho cost being more esteemed than the meat.
Those are some Of the reasons why prefer
simple Dishes" concluded my friend. end at